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Sanofi formally investigated over epilepsy drug Depakine

PARIS (Reuters) – Healthcare company Sanofi Aventis France said it had been placed under formal investigation on charges of manslaughter over Depakine, which is an epilepsy drug that caused birth malfunctions and slow neurological development when taken during... More »

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France’s Sanofi to buy biotech firm Synthorx for $2.5 billion

PARIS (Reuters) – Sanofi (SASY.PA) said on Monday it had agreed to buy California-headquartered biotechnology firm Synthorx in a cash deal worth about $2.5 billion aimed at beefing up the French drugmaker’s pipeline of drugs for cancer and auto-immune disorder... More »

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Sanofi pulls Zantac from U.S. and Canada after carcinogen found

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sanofi SA said on Friday it would recall popular heartburn medicine Zantac in the United States and Canada, after the medicines were linked with a probable cancer-causing impurity. The French drugmaker said it was working with health autho... More »

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Sanofi to pay Lexicon $260 million for terminated partnership

(Reuters) – Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday France’s Sanofi SA will pay the drugmaker $260 million for the termination of their partnership to develop diabetes drug Zynquista. Shares of Lexicon jumped 37.8% to $2.37 in after hours trading. Under th... More »

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Sanofi ends partnership with Lexicon to develop diabetes drug

(Reuters) – French drugmaker Sanofi SA said on Friday it had terminated its partnership with Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc to develop and manufacture a drug for use with insulin in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Lexicon shares fell nearly 40% in exten... More »

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FDA rejects Sanofi-Lexicon add-on pill for type 1 diabetes

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve a drug developed by Sanofi SA and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc intended for use with insulin in patients with type 1 diabetes, the companies said on Friday. The decision comes about two month... More »

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Sanofi’s pediatric hexavalent vaccine approved by U.S. FDA

PARIS (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Sanofi’s new pediatric vaccine immunizing children against six diseases, the French pharmaceutical lab said on Wednesday. Sanofi developed the new vaccine, dubbed Vaxelis, in partnership with Mer... More »

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How Sanofi’s setback could lead to better dengue vaccines

FILE PHOTO: A health worker shows unused packs of anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia before returning it inside a freezer for storage at the Manila Health Department in Sta Cruz, metro Manila, Philippines December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco/File Photo CHICAGO (R... More »

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Sanofi shares fall on $11.6 billion Bioverativ takeover

PARIS (Reuters) – Shares in French drugmaker Sanofi fell on Monday after the company announced a $11.6 billion takeover of U.S. haemophilia treatment specialist Bioverativ, with some traders saying the price looked expensive. Sanofi shares were down 2.3 percen... More »

Sanofi sues Novo Nordisk over diabetes drugs in the U.S.

French multinational pharmaceutical company SANOFI logo is seen at the headquarters in Paris, France, March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo France’s Sanofi has filed a lawsuit in the United States accusing Novo Nordisk of falsely claiming that San... More »

Sanofi, Google parent in $500 million diabetes joint venture

A logo is seen in front of the entrance at the headquarters French drugmaker Sanofi in Paris October 30, 2014. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo French drugmaker Sanofi and Google owner Alphabet’s life sciences firm Verily are to invest about $500 million ... More »

Sanofi poaches AstraZeneca scientist as new research head

LONDON French drugmaker Sanofi has poached one of AstraZeneca’s top scientists to be its new research head in another high-profile departure for the British drugmaker. Sanofi said on Tuesday that Yong-Jun Liu had been appointed as head of research with effect ... More »

Sanofi wins EU approval for Praluent anti-cholesterol drug

PARIS French drugmaker Sanofi said the European Commission had cleared its key cholesterol drug Praluent for the treatment of so-called “bad cholesterol,” or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, in certain adult patients with hypercholesterolemia. The dr... More »